Issued for Bid: Ketchum/SVWSD WRF Equipment Procurement

Sealed bids will be received by the City Clerk of the City of Ketchum, Idaho, at Ketchum City Hall, P.O. Box 2315, 191 5th Street West, Ketchum, Idaho 83340, on behalf of the City of Ketchum and Sun Valley Water and Sewer District (Ketchum / SVWSD; Buyer), on the 13th  day of December 2023 until the hour of 2 p.m., local time, of said day for supply of Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) equipment for the Ketchum / SVWSD Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) consisting of the following:   

Supply shall consist of ten (10) configured VFD systems, each installed within its own enclosure, consisting of solid state VFD, HIM, fused disconnect switch, line conditioning, control power transformer, enclosure temperature control, and associated control components (installation by others). Variable frequency drives shall be Rockwell Automation PowerFlex 753 or Schneider Electric Altivar ATV600 Series. VFD’s shall be for existing inverter rated motor sizes as follows: two 150 HP, three – 25 HP, four – 15 HP, and one – 3 HP. All system components delivered to the project site assembled. Special Services shall include: installation certification, operations and maintenance manuals, start-up services and training of Buyers personnel.

Bids will be opened at the office of the City Clerk at 2:00 o'clock p.m. on said date.  The Project Manual, including bid forms, bidder's instructions, contract forms, specifications, and figures, is available to interested bidders at the office of the City Clerk.  Electronic versions of the Project Manual in PDF format will be available at no cost.  

All bids shall be presented or delivered in a sealed envelope or delivered electronically as a pdf in an attachment to an e-mail. If delivered in an envelope, address to Trent Donat / Ketchum City Clerk, 191 5th Street West/PO Box 4934, Ketchum, ID  83340. The sealed envelope shall identify the VFD Equipment Bid Inside. Likewise, for electronic bidding the subject line shall identify the bid contained in the attachment. The electronic bid e-mail shall be addressed only to tdonat@ketchumidaho.org. Mr. Donat shall send a return acknowledgement of receiving the e-mail. The attachment will not be opened until the designated bid opening date and time.